Culver's Finke Performs in Hamilton College Spring Dance Concert

Toscana Finke, from Culver City, recently performed in the Hamilton College Dance and Movement Studies Department's annual spring dance concert.

The performance was choreographed by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton-Cotter, Bruce Walczyk, and Paris Wilcox, along with guest choreographer John Castagna, of The Ballet Collective in Los Angeles.

Music featured included pieces by Leonard Bernstein, The Gusla Male Choir, and Bernard Herrmann and Jerome Moross.

Finke, a first-year student, is a graduate of Culver City High School.

Originally founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, Hamilton College offers an open curriculum that gives students the freedom to shape their own liberal arts education within a research- and writing-intensive framework. Hamilton enrolls 1,850 students from 49 states and 49 countries. Additional information about the college can be found at http://www.hamilton.edu.